On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:08:13 -0400, Ken wrote in message
<9f1ed132-4a0c-02e9-b9f1-af5358c6d317@???>:

> kdibble@thinkstation:~$ uname -a
> Linux thinkstation 5.10.0-25-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.191-1
> (2023-08-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> kdibble@thinkstation:~$ cat /etc/issue
> Devuan GNU/Linux 4 \n \l
>

> kdibble@thinkstation:~$ ls -l / | grep tmp
> drwxrwxrwt  10 root    root         4096 Aug 27 08:59 tmp
> kdibble@thinkstation:~$

>
>
> ca-certificates-java/oldstable-updates 20190909+deb11u1 all
> [upgradable from: 20190909]
>
> won't install if /tmp is not on its' own partition (can't be
> remounted)
>
>
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates/main amd64
> ca-certificates-java all 20190909+deb11u1 [15.9 kB] Fetched 15.9 kB
> in 4s (3,856 B/s) mount: /tmp: mount point not mounted or bad option.
> E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Pre-Invoke 'mount -o remount,exec
> /tmp' E: Sub-process returned an error code


..from a vt, try 'mount -vo remount,exec /tmp ' to get a more verbose
error message, add more "v"'s for more verbosity.

..I would have expected to see 'mount -o remount,rw /tmp' there.

..you should be able to get to a vt with e.g. [Alt]+[F2] or some such
key stroke combination or from a "command prompt" menu option.


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